356 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. 



2363. EILEY, C. V. Continued. 



MISCELLANEOUS INSECTS Continued. 



Decisive steps for eradication recommended, 283 Life-history and 

 habits, 283 Laying of eggs and growth of larvsr, 283 Habits 

 of larvae, 284 The cocoon, 284 One annual generation; dates 

 of issuance of adults, 284 Parasites, 285 Remedies, 285 Is it 

 an introduced species?, 285 Reasons for so considering it, 285 

 Schmidberger's account of the European pear midge, 286 Dr. 

 Joseph Mik's opinion, 287 Descriptive, 287 Imago, 287 Larva, 

 288 Pupa, 288 The classificatory value of the geuitalia, 288. 



REPORTS OF AGENTS 289 



Report on the locusts of the San Joaquin Valley, Cal. By D. W. 



Coquillett ..'. 289 



Letter of transmittal, 289 Letter of instructions, 289 Location, 

 290 "Work of the locusts in general, 290 Species most destructive, 

 291 The devastating locust, 291 The ash-colored locust, 296 

 292 Where did these locusts hatch ?, 292 Consideration of sur- 

 rounding topography, 293 How the young locusts may be dis- 

 tinguished, 293 Influence of submersion on hatching, 294 Cause 

 of the abundance in this valley in 1885, 294 Early hatching, 294 

 Lack of rain, 294 The differential locust, 295 Abundance, 295 

 Egg-pod, 295 Ovi position, 296 Flight, 296 The yellow locust, 

 Abundance, 296 Flight, 296 Cannibalism, 296 Oviposition, 

 297 Other species of locusts, 297 Table showing relative abun- 

 dance, 297 Injury committed by the locusts, 297 To grape-vinea, 

 298 To grain-fields and vegetable-gardens, 298 Natural enemies, 

 298 Birds and poultry, 298 Wasps, 298 Mites, 299 Flies, 299 

 Remedies, 299 Collecting in windrows of dry stems and then 

 burning, 299 Rolling, 300 Kerosene emulsion, 300 Burning 

 sulphur, 300 Horse troughs, 300 Bran, arsenic, and sugar trap- 

 poisoning, 300 Buhach, 302. 

 Report on the abundance of the Rocky Mountain locust in 1885. By 



L. Bruner 303 



Letter of submittal, 303 The great abundance of native species, 

 303 Direction of flight of the Rocky Mountain species, 304 

 Probabilities for 1886, 305 Effect of weather upon probabilities, 

 305 Scarcity of parasites, 305 Abundance of Nelanoplus atlanis 

 and Camnulft pellucida, 306 List of locusts noticed in larger num- 

 bers than usual, 307. 

 Notes on locusts at and about Folsom, Cal. By A. Koebele 308 



Methods adopted by the Natoma Company, 308 Manner of flight, 

 309 Time of appearance, 309 Losses, 310 Parasites, 310 Poul- 

 try, 310. 

 Insects affecting fall wheat. By F. M. Webster 311 



Isosoma trititi Riley and /. grande Riley,311 Notes of breeding, 312 

 Selection of plants, 314 Facts concerning oviposition, 314 

 Influence of temperature, 314 No males found, 315 The grain 

 Sphenophorus, 315 Found in rye and wheat, 315 Oviposition, 

 316 Damage to straw and roots, 316 The pupa, 316 Dates of 

 emergence, 316 The white-grub, 316 Distinguished from Sphe- 

 nophorus, 317 The tarnished plant bug, 317 Found feeding on 

 kernels of wheat, 317Euschis{usfis8ilis,3l7Derceocori8 [= Calo- 

 coris~] rapidus, 317Diedrocephala flaviceps, 318 The eggs, 318 

 Injurious to oats, 318 The chinch-bug, 318 Abundance in fall . 

 wheat, 318 On bottle-grass, 318 Parisitized by Mermis,'318 The 

 wheat midge, 318 Breeding notes, 318 Date of emergence, 319. 



